The answer is not as trivial as you might think. — As time passes, you eventually realize the standard way many professors follow when teaching statistics. So the question for you is: Do you want to repeat what is already available in textbooks, or do you want to spot novel ways to communicate your insights? If you teach applied statistics and…

(Or how the open science movement is not enough to succeed in AI-based product development) A few months ago, a colleague invited me to teach a short and sweet course on prompt engineering at a University in Bogotá, Colombia. The hype around chatbots like ChatGPT (and similar others like Poe…

You won’t find many insights in this note if you are a senior researcher. And if you are a junior researcher, keep reading because my lessons as an expat in Monterrey have taught me valuable lessons that might be good to export. With the hype of AI-related tools such as…

(O sobre las heridas al ego profesional) — ¿Qué significa ser humilde cuando eres psicólogo? Esta pregunta jamás se me pasó por la cabeza porque la humildad me resultaba más aplicable al ámbito humano o social, pero jamás para el ámbito profesional de un psicólogo. Con las evidencias, aún torpes pero innegables, de tecnologías basadas en inteligencia artificial…

(O cómo va a redimensionarse la gerencia con la IA) — Si usted ha tenido la suerte de trabajar con jefes arrogantes, que creen que por haber levantado una limitada fortuna económica en su pasado emprendedor eso ya les justifica para sentirse superiores moral y técnicamente a sus empleados, le invito a leer este fragmento de chat GPT y las reflexiones…

(O Cómo aprovechar lo que la IA puede hacer contigo) — Si tu ves a nuestro cuerpo humano como una fuente de inspiración para crear dispositivos no biológicos que emulen o reproduzcan las funciones de nuestros cerebros, corazones, riñones, pulmones, piernas o brazos, entonces el título de esta nota debería ser convincente per se. El desarrollo de diferentes tecnologías en áreas…

(Or how to leverage what AI-based systems can do with you) — If you see our human body as an inspiration to create non-biological devices that mimic the functions of our brains, hearts, kidneys, lungs, legs, or arms, then the title of this note should be convincing. The development of different technologies in disparate areas, such as brain-computer interface, robotics, mechatronics, cybernetics…

(or how to pay for creativity) — Ok. Let's face it! Everyone is talking about artificial intelligence and its productive use at work. But unfortunately, by pursuing cost-effective goals, many professionals will find an inconvenient reality a few months from now. Chat GPT and other tools can replace the digital products that typically reflect human productivity (e.g…

(or why the rise of GPT3 will increase the demand for people trained in spotting misleading info) — As a psychologist, I had the opportunity to read about the Rorschach test. This test has nothing to do with answering questions through scales, but to share what you see in front of ten symetrical inkblots, like this one. The Rorschach test (created by the Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach) is…